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Yet further comment…
(I know at least one reader will be interested in this, thus making it a topic theme worth continuing…) I have of late been banging my head at the ongoing frustration borne of repeat attempts to post...
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No such thing as ‘Allopathy’
Over at FreethoughtBlogs, an uncharacteristic petit faux pas in the prolifically excellent ‘A Million Gods‘ motivates me into publicly scratching an irritation. The first time I think I heard/read the...
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Worth the effort…?
There is (fair) argument sometimes made that the huge amount of public money expended on often unnecessary and/or ineffective and/or downright dangerous ‘Big Pharma’ products renders objection to that...
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(de)Romanticising energy
I once heard a careerist biologist opine, in a brief aside whilst delivering a seminar, that the ‘secret of life’ is (cue drum roll…) … the generation of ATP ! Whether original posit or not, I don’t...
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Kinesiology as (not is) CAM
Some time back I discovered, amongst the piles of leaflets advertisers are permitted to display in the foyer of my favourite local cinema, material promoting the services of one or two providers of...
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Pseudoscience’s petty petition
Avaaz (according to its own website) is: ‘… a global web movement to bring people-powered politics to decision-making everywhere.’ It does, by and large, apparently conduct itself reasonably, raising...
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The pseudoscience of the creator of pseudoscience’s petty petition
My recent frowning response to what is, in effect, a defensive CAM-promoting petition brought informative comment on its creator. Hence, I’ve learned that the ‘M’ in ‘Jessica Braid (formerly M. United...
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George and Pete go to Parliament
Four years ago, during the House of Commons Science and Technology Sub-Committee’s Evidence Check on Homeopathy, Dr. Peter Fisher of the (then named) Royal London Homeopathic Hospital, in response to...
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WDDTY’s ‘inconvenient’ editorial guide to recognising quackery
Over at QuackRag.com there is a blog post entitled ‘The inconvenient truth‘. From what I can gather, this article is the reproduced editorial of the latest print edition, which, though still to be...
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The ‘truth’ of a story?
I’ve recently picked up on the (to these eyes) highly dubious writings of Laura Bond, via the editorial to the November issue of QuackRag, to which she contributes several articles and where she is...
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The ‘truth’ of another story?
The disingenuous anti-science of ardent quackery promoter Laura Bond is immediately apparent in the title of (another book-promoting) recent blog article, ‘Science helped me say no to chemo’. As a...
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Comment on the commenting policy at ‘Junk Science’
Now that the silly season of collective mass delusion has passed, it is time to re-confront those perpetual other irrationalities which persist on account of the quackery-beguiled’s receptiveness to...
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The untenability of Tredinnick’s membership of the House of Commons Science...
According to its pages on the Parliament website, the role of the Commons Select Committee for Science and Technology is: ‘… to ensure that Government policy and decision-making are based on good...
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Tredinnick’s confirmation bias
The transcript of the second evidence session of the Commons Select Committee for Science and Technology’s inquiry into Antimicrobial resistance is now available. I edit and compile here contributions...
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More on the (un)acceptability of pseudoscience in Parliament
My letter stimulated by David Tredinnick’s inappropriate contributions to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s inquiry in to antimicrobial resistance was copied to the Chair of the...
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Is the House of Commons Select Committee for Science and Technology...
To re-emphasise, the raison d’être of the House of Commons Select Committee for Science and Technology is: ‘… to ensure that Government policy and decision-making are based on good scientific and...
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Tredinnick’s continuing abuse of his membership of the House of Commons...
He just cannot help himself. During the fourth evidence session of the House of Commons Select Committee for Science and Technology’s inquiry into antimicrobial resistance last week, David Tredinnick,...
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Chief Medical Officer tells Tredinnick where he may as well stick homeopathy!
The transcript of oral evidence given during the fourth evidence session of the HoC Select Committee for Science and Technology’s inquiry into antimicrobial resistance is now available. Being of the...
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April’s Fools
On April 1st, bumbling humbugger David Tredinnick rose on his pes planus to ask The Secretary of State for Health: ‘In his travels to the People’s Republic of China, what has my right hon. Friend the...
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Act to prevent Tredinnick becoming Chair of the House of Commons Select...
I note with interest the news of the resignation of Stephen Dorrell as Chair of the Commons Select Committee for Health. I am concerned to read that one of the primary contenders for the post will be...
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